Genealogy Van Eck op Goeree Overflakkee » Joost van BALLEGOOIJEN (1921-2002)

Day of marriage August 15, 1945

• The temperature on August 15, 1945 was between 13.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 12 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive.
  • January 28 » World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
  • March 17 » The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
  • March 30 » World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.
  • June 22 » World War II: The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end.
  • June 29 » The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.

Day of death September 1, 2002

• The temperature on September 1, 2002 was between 9.4 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
  • April 26 » Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
  • May 3 » An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.
  • June 24 » The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
  • August 19 » Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
  • November 15 » Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2003 » Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Terry Frost, English painter and academic (b. 1915)
• 2004 » Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)
• 2004 » Alastair Morton, South African businessman (b. 1938)
• 2005 » R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)